THE last British flight from Kenya until further notice touched down at Heathrow today with passengers telling of their relief to be home.

Some told of fretful telephone calls from relatives before they boarded flight BA064 out of the capital, Nairobi, amid warnings of an "imminent terrorist attack on British interests" in the East African state.

But others were unaware of the crisis, saying their suspicions were only aroused by stringent security checks before they departed.

Margaret Endicott, 41, only became aware of the threat when her husband called from Britain.

Mrs Endicott, from Earlsfield, south west London, said: "My husband phoned us about it. He said there were no flights from Kenya.

"He was telling us to stay and not to fly. We thought that we were not going to get a flight but when we arrived BA told us there was one more and we would be able to fly."

Leon Mielewczyk, 48, said that passengers went through five separate security checks before they were able to board the flight.

"BA said there was a potential terrorism risk going on and that was all we heard," said Mr Mielewczyk, who works for drugs company GlaxoSmithKline and lives in Hounslow, west London.

South Wales-based Sun Break Holiday manager Ian Richards said today: "It will be our priority to check records to see if we have any customers in the region or due to fly out there."

The FBI has released a picture of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, alias Harun, who is believed to have been involved in masterminding the August 1998 bomb blast at the US Embassy in Nairobi that killed more than 200 Kenyans.